59 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
WEB2937/25 is a planning application for permission at 59 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2, received by Dublin City Council on 22 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO A ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 (RPS REF NO.5157). The application was withdrawn on 15 Jun 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 26 Sept 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 2 units. Within 500 m there are 127 other decided applications in the last five years and 47 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO A ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 (RPS REF NO.5157)
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Withdrawn article 33 (no sub) on 15 Jun 2026
- Units
- 2
- Site (from polygon)
- 718 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Aug 2025New applicationObservation window closed 26 Sept 2025
- 17 Oct 2025Further information requested
- 15 Jun 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 13 Jul 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.
Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 288
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84157). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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